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author | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-08-14 06:19:13 +0000 |
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committer | Jason Downs <downsj@cvs.openbsd.org> | 1996-08-14 06:19:13 +0000 |
commit | 3039b959c7de1e35fe4ec27ae02f1c8fe8d4d4ac (patch) | |
tree | 09c6b5a4f13282e07afe153445fcfaa0d10651f4 /bin/ksh/BUG-REPORTS | |
parent | 596c2317eee31ab9606c6b88085644407d4d2f0f (diff) |
Import pdksh 5.2.7.
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diff --git a/bin/ksh/BUG-REPORTS b/bin/ksh/BUG-REPORTS new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..2b98b829d48 --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/ksh/BUG-REPORTS @@ -0,0 +1,928 @@ +$OpenBSD: BUG-REPORTS,v 1.1 1996/08/14 06:19:10 downsj Exp $ + +List of reported problems (problems reported and fixed before 5.0.4 not +included). Unresolved problems (may or may not still exist) marked by *, +problems believed to be fixed marked by x. + +* pdksh 5.0.3, MIPS RISC/os 5.0 (bsd universe) (noted by Michael Rendell): + for interactive, job controlled shells, the kernel's tty state gets twisted + in such a way that all output is lost (eg, if ttyXX is wedged then + "echo hi > /dev/ttyXX" from a seperate login appears to succeed but produces + no output on ttyXX). + Work around is to run a program and hit ^C. + +* pdksh 5.0.1, NetBSD 0.9a? (reported by Simon J. Gerraty): problem with + job control not finding tty + [from Mail.1:71]: + Also, I have noticed (with 5.0.1 anyway) that if as root I su to a + user I get: + root:511$ su foobar + warning: won't have full job control + [1] + Stopped (tty output) stty erase ^? + foobar:1$ + +* pdksh 5.0.8, - (reported by Sean Hogan): attempting file name completion + on a word with a single backquote causes a "no closing quote" error and + looses the partially entered command (vi mode). + [see Mail.2:48] + +* pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by Andrew Moore): no overflow checking is done + in integer parsing code. + [see Mail.3:78] + +* pdksh 5.0.6+5.1.2, BSD43/MachTen (reported by Dan Menchaca): ksh freezes up + terminal after a while after printing process exit message. 5.1.2 causes + system to hang after executing two commands. + [see Mail.3:96,5:42] + +* pdksh 5.1.3, NeXT machines (reported by Jason Baugher): job control doesn't + work on NeXT machines (both m68k and x86 based) in rlogin sessions. + (caused by open("/dev/tty") failing - rlogin on NeXT doesn't set up + controlling tty properly). + [see Mail.7:29] + +* pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Brad Warkentin & others): if the last command of + a pipeline is a shell builtin, it is not executed in the parent shell, + so "echo a b | read foo bar" does not set foo and bar in the parent + shell (at&t ksh will). + [see Mail.7:32,Mail.9:65] + +* pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs doesn't have \ as quote + character. + [see Mail.7:87] + +* pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs default bindings doesn't + have vt52 arrow keys or vt100 alternate keypad mode bindings. + [see Mail.7:87] + +* pdksh 5.1.3, SCO 3.2.2 (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): shell hangs + waiting for finished process to finish. + [see Mail.7:87] + +* pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): ^V in vi leaves cursor at + start of the line. + [see Mail.8:43] + +* enhancements that haven't been merged yet + - Mail.6:36-39,78,84 recursive function diffs + - Mail.7:7 partial sigwinch diffs + +* pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Mike Jetzer): in vi, <ESC>= on word with ~ + but no /, beeps (or prints final path comonent?). + [see Mail.9:66] + +* pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by David Gast(? gast@twinsun.com)): history (fc, + et al) don't work in shell scripts. + [see Mail.10:49] + +* pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): echo ${foo[*]#/} generates + bad substsitution error, newer ksh's don't (older ones do); + error includes {...#@(/)}. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + +* pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs: ^P steps through + multiline commands - should go to start of command. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + +* pdksh 5.2.5, - (reported by Adrian M): configuration on Linux FT fails. + Caused by configure script using -g flag - gcc passes -lg to ld, ld fails + to find -lg (autoconf or Linux FT bug). + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + +--------------------- put fixed problems below this line --------------------- + +x pdksh 5.0.3, NetBSD 0.9a (reported by Simon J. Gerraty): pipelines + occasionally hang. + [from Mail.1:71]: + Yes, I just built 5.0.3 on zen (NetBSD) and the menu stuff worked fine. + However I've just done: + + sjg:910$ diff -cb /etc/profile profile | more + + And it has been sitting there ever since. + [... gdb output indicating process groups set up ok - presumed problem is + with tty process group] + [Fixed in 5.0.4 - do tcsetpgrp() in both parent and child for first process] + +x pdksh 5.0.2, ISC unix 3.01 (reported by Sean Hogan): set +o monitor (in + interactive shell?) closes tty + [from Mail.1:64]: + I'm having two problems with the job control code, which I believe might + be related. The first one is that "set +o monitor" closes the tty, + which causes the shell to exit since its input is gone. According to + the code, that would imply that FTALKING has mysteriously been turned + off (jobs.c:343). But my understanding of the code is that FTALKING + would only be clear for background processes, and set would be done by + the shell. Do you have any insights here? It's not a big deal of course; + I don't need to turn off monitor anyway. + [fixed in 5.0.5 - problem was tty process group was being restored so + shell could no longer read from tty] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, - (reported by Simon J. Gerraty and Sean Hogan): + test "" -a x would fail. + [fixed in 5.0.5 - t_wp being unnecessarily decremented in primary()] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, -: test -p foo would always fail. + [fixed in 5.0.5 - spell S_ISFIFO correctly] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, -: test ! ! foo would generate error (unexpected !) + [fixed in 5.0.5 - nexpr() always calls nexpr(), changes to posix code] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, -: set -i would generate an internal error. + [fixed in 5.0.5 - use OF_SET in creating set_opts] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, -: let 0>22 would evaluate to true (and 0<22 false) + [fixed in 5.0.5 - reversed order of O_LT and O_GT in enum] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, - (reported by Sean Hogan): echo does not process escape + characters (ie, echo "foo\c" doesn't to the sysV thing) + [see Mail.1:98] + [fixed in 5.0.5 - echo now behaves like sysv echo] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, - (reported by Sean Hogan): tty process groups not restored + properly (vi, :sh, exit causes vi to received SIGTTOU). + [see Mail.1:98] + [fixed in 5.0.5 - restore tty process group in j_exit] + +x pdksh 5.0.4, - (reported by Sean Hogan): the exit command does not do the + stopped jobs check. + [see Mail.1:94,95,98] + [fixed in 5.0.5 - added LSHELL, hack c_exitreturn to use it] + +x pdksh 5.0.3, ISC unix 3.01 (reported by Sean Hogan): if notify is set, + running cat & produces "[1] + Stopped (tty input) cat", but jobs, fg, + etc. don't know about the job. + [from Mail.1:76] + I get [1] + Stopped (tty input) cat. Interestingly, "jobs" reports + nothing, and "fg" doesn't see it either. But it's definitely there in + the ps output. It only responds to kill -9, nothing else. I guess this + is a side track? + [see also Mail.1:97,Mail.2:2,3] + [fixed in 5.0.6 - don't remove stopped jobs in the notify code of check_job()] + +x pdksh 5.0.5, - (reported by Sean Hogan): repeated history commands were being + echoed after the command was executed. + [see Mail.2:5,6] + [fixed in 5.0.6 - call shf_flush() in case SHIST: of yylex()] + +x pdksh 5.0.5, -: wait with no arguments would hang forever. + [fixed in 5.0.6 - only wait for running jobs in waitfor()] + +x pdksh 5.0.2, HP-UX 9.01 (reported by Sean Hogan): scipts occasionally get + stopped with SIGTTIN + [from Mail.1:68]: + I noticed another small problem today, which is that occasionally + (on an HP 9000/715, HP-UX 9.01, cc from the ANSI C developer set) + a background process which is definitely not reading from its input + stops with SIGTTIN. I first noticed this with a nohup'ed process, but + it periodically happens without as well. The process is a perl script, + if that makes any difference. Have you seen this on your HP(s)? + [hasn't been seen in 5.0.3: Mail.1:73,76] + [not a shell bug, see Mail.2:14,15] + +x pdksh 5.0.6, - (reported by Gordan Larson, Ed Ferguson): shell does not + compile when VI isn't defined. + [see Mail.2:22,40] + [fixed in 5.0.7 - fixed up lex.c] + +x pdksh 5.0.6, - (reported by Gordan Larson): ksh.1 font typo. + [see Mail.2:23] + [fixed in 5.0.7] + +x pdksh 5.0.6, FreeBSd 1.1.5 (reported by Thomas Gellekum): CLK_TCK is defined + to wrong value on FreeBSD; no depend target in Makefile; update /etc/shells + in install target. + [see Mail.2:28] + [fixed in 5.0.7 - include <limits.h> in sh.h to get the right value; added + depend target; print warning if ksh not in /etc/shells] + +x pdksh 5.0.6, - (reported by Michael Haardt): shell does not compile if JOBS + not defined. + [see Mail.2:32] + [fixed in 5.0.7 - added ifdefs to jobs.c(check_job)] + +x pdksh 5.0.6, - (reported by Nick Holloway): exit status of command + substitution is lost (known problem). + [from Mail.2:33]: + This is a variation on a theme of bug number 10 (and is one reason why + currently ksh can not be used for Linux's MAKEDEV). + + The exit status from command substitution is not available when used with + variable assignment. + + x=`false` && echo "Non-zero exit status lost". + [fixed in 5.0.7 - instead of faking :, set rv to subst_exstat] + +x pdksh 5.0.7 - (reported by Sean Hogan): CMASK redefined in emacs.c + [see Mail.2:44] + [fixed in 5.0.8 changed CMASK to CHARMASK] + +x pdksh 5.0.7 - (reported by Sean Hogan): "r" (fc -e -) doesn't work. + [see Mail.2:45] + [fixed in 5.0.8 - increment wp, change strcmp() test] + +x pdksh 5.0.7 - (reported by Thomas Gellekum): make install typeo. + [see Mail.2:46] + [fixed in 5.0.8 - added missing $] + +x pdksh 5.0.8 - (reported by Sean Hogan): "FOO=bar exec blah" does not + put FOO in environment. + [see Mail.2:50] + [fixed in 5.0.9 - re-arranged exec/command/builtin code in comexec()] + +x pdksh 5.0.8, QNX 4.2 (reported by Brian Campbell): "exec > /dev/null" + generates an error. + [see Mail.2:51] + [see Mail.2.58 - caused by ambitious compiler using same label for c_exec() + and c_builtin()] + [fixed in 5.0.9 - c_exec() no longer an empty function.] + +x pdksh 5.0.8, - (reported by Brian Campbell): "echo a{b," prints a "Missing }" + error - at&t ksh does not. at&t ksh always has brace-expansion on (unless + set -o nogolob). + [see Mail.2:51] + [fixed in 5.0.9 - brace expansion now compatible with at&t ksh] + +x pdksh 5.0.8, - (reported by Sean Hogan): ulimit output garbled; syntax error + in c_ulimit.c; no configure check for HAVE_SETRLIMIT. + [see Mail.2:64] + [fixed in 5.0.9 - use shprintf instead of shellf to print values; add + setrlimit() check to configure] + +x pdksh 5.0.7, - (reported by Jan Djarv): `echo > /foo/bar' causes a script to + exit - POSIX says it shouldn't. + [see Mail.2:60] + [fixed in 5.0.9 - iosetup returns error code, error messages cleaned up, etc] + +x pdksh 5.0.8, - : `more /etc/passwd &' followed by fg messes up tty settings. + [fixed in 5.0.9 - only save new tty settings if job originally started in fg] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Andrew Moore): a blank line causes $? to be + set to zero, newline after a here-document marker isn't read. + [see Mail.3:5,6] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - don't execute null trees, read the newline] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Michael Sullivan): mail checking reports you + have mail, when there is only old mail. + [fixed in 5.0.10 - use atime/mtime instead of size] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Chris Oates): if RANDOM is in ksh's environ + when it starts, the shell dumps core. + [see Mail.3:7,8] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - var.c(typeset): free t->val.s instead of + t->val.s + t->type] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Seah Hogan): ISC 3.01's make is confused by + a backslash followed by a blank line. + [see Mail.3:9,13] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - changed make depend target to change blank lines to sh.h] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Andrew Moore): commands without a newline cause + syntax errors - sh/ksh execute the commands. + [see Mail.3:15] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - have yyparse() accept newline and EOF] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Andrew Moore): empty arithmetic expressions not + accepted. + [see Mail.3:15,17] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - v_evaluate(): if first token is END, changed to literal 0] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Andrew Moore): nulls in input are not ignored. + [see Mail.3:15] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - added strip_nuls() function and calls to it] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Andrew Moore): \241 (M-!) not passed through + command substitutions. + [see Mail.3:15] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - evaluate(): cast c to a char before comparing to MAGIC] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Andrew Moore): newlines after here-documents + are read twice; shell reports an error if newline is missing. + [see Mail.3:25] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - fixed up readhere()] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported with fix by Mike Jetzer): 'r r' repeats the r + command forever. + [see Mail.3:38] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - start the search from the previous command] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Mike Jetzer): edit of multi-line commands + does not result in single history entry. + [see Mail.3:38] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - use hist_append() to add second+ lines] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Dale DePriest): ksh_times.h uses BROKEN_TIMES + [see Mail.3:43] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - changed ksh_times.h] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by J. T. Conklin): using [ instead of test is slow. + [see Mail.3:46] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - put in kludgy check for [ in eval.c(glob)] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, - (reported by Michael Haardt): signals do not interrupt + read commands. + [see Mail.3:20] + [fixed in 5.0.10 - changed c_read() to check for fatal signals after EINTR] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, BSDI (reported by David Tamkin): use of _POSIX_VDISABLE in + tty.h causes compiler error. + [see Mail.3:67] + [fixed in 5.0.10.1 - new variable vdisable_c set/used in edit.c] + +x pdksh 5.0.8, - (reported by Donald Craig): on systems with both union wait + and waitpid(), waitpid() is passed a union wait pointer instead of an int + pointer. + [see Mail.2:54] + [fixed in 5.1 - added ksh_waitpid() define; cast status arg as needed.] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by David Tamkin): space in vi command mode does + nothing. + [see Mail.3:76] + [fixed in 5.1 - vi.c(classify[]) table got changed by accident.] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by Danial Quinlan): forward-word and + delete-word-forward functions in emacs don't go to the right place. + [see Mail.3:79] + [Fixed in 5.1 - changed order of loops in emacs.c(x_fword())] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by David Tamkin): eof in multiline command + causes shell to exit, even if ignoreeof is set. + [see Mail.3:76] + [Fixed in 5.1 - reset eof after longjmp() in main.c(shell)] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, Ultrix 4.2 (reported by Matthew Nethook): type-ahead while + shell is waiting for a command to finish is temporarily lost until a + program that reads from stdin or goes a stty/gtty is run. + [see Mail.3:61,62] + [Fixed in 5.1 - changed aclocal.m4 to not define HAVE_TERMIOS_H on ultrix] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by David Tamkin): if INT is trapped, ^C in + vi/emacs won't flush buffer/re-issue new prompt. + [see Mail.3:5,76] + [Fixed in 5.1 - use unwind() in vi/emacs to get back to shell()] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by Dale DePriest): in emacs mode, file completions + resulting in long names (>256) cause core dumps + [see Mail.3:72] + [Fixed in 5.1 - use dynamically sized buffers in emacs code] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by Dale DePriest): in emacs mode, command + completions (^[=) resulting in multiple hits caused internal memory error. + [see Mail.4:8] + [Fixed in 5.1 - don't call list_stash() twice in compl_command] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by Dave Hatton): autoloading functions fail + on the first attempt, then work. + [see Mail.4:10] + [Fixed in 5.1 - in findcom(), check for include() returning non-0 (was 0)] + +x pdksh 5.0.10, - (reported by Art Pina via Dale DePriest): when SECONDS + parameter is assigned, it always acts as if 0 were assigned. + [see Mail.4:12] + [Fixed in 5.1 - set internal seconds variable to time - assigned value] + +x pdksh 5.1.0 - (reported by Larry Bouzane): for/select loops don't allow + {..} to be used instead of do...done. + [see Mail.4:16] + [Fixed in 5.1.1 - changed syn.c(dogroup) to allow {/} instead of do/done] + +x pdksh 5.1.0 - (reported by Andrew Moore and Larry Bouzane): a command ending + in ; or & that is not followed by a newline causes a syntax error. + [see Mail.4:126,128] + [Fixed in 5.1.1 - don't call syntaxerr() in get_command() if EOF is read] + +x pdksh 5.1.0, - (reported by Simon J. Gerraty): ksh died reading history + file (complex history, in hist_skip_backup()). + [see Mail.4:24] + [Fixed in 5.1.1 - hist_skip_back(): don't start past the end of the buffer] + +x pdksh 5.1.0 BSDI 1.1 (reported by Karl Denninger): after receipt of SIGHUP, + shell waits for foreground process to complete. + [see Mail.4:50,57] + [Fixed in 5.1.1 - added fatal_trap flag, check in jobs.c(j_waitj)] + +x pdksh 5.1.0 - (reported by Bob Manson): a leading non-white-space IFS + character does cause a field to be delimited. + [see Mail.4:68] + [Fixed in 5.1.2 - changed expand() to do the right thing.] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, -: ^c during $ENV or .profile kills shell; should just go + to prompt. + [see Mail.5:14] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - added intr_ok flag to main.c(include)] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Dan Quinlan): when shell prints out + execution trees (typeset -f), if botches elif statements. + [see Mail.5:17] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - changed tree.c(ptree) to deal with elif.] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Dale DePriest): fc -l -- -40 fails if there + are fewer than 40 commands. + [see Mail.5:19] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - changed history.c(histget) to allow out of range numbers] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Art Mills): file completion in command mode + doesn't work on a single character. + [see Mail.5:13] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - in vi.c(vi_cmd) call complete_word() with 1 not 0] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Dan Quinlan): an error in a let statement + causes shell to exit function/script. at&t ksh just prints error and + returns from let. + [see Mail.5:17] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - added error_ok arg to evaluate() and v_evaluate()] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Art Mills): if markdirs option is set, file + completion in vi adds two slashes to directories. + [see Mail.5:35] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - vi.c(complete_word), don't add / if file ends in one] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Dale DePriest): history read from history file + have negitive numbers and can't be accessed (fc thinks neg numbers are + relative). + [see Mail.5:39] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - EASY_HISTORY/hist_init: increment line for each line] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by David Tamkin): FPATH isn't searched if PATH + search can't find command (undocumented at&t ksh feature). + [see Mail.5:45] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - exec.c(findcom) search FPATH if PATH search fails] + +x pdksh 5.1.2, - (reported by Dan Quinlan): output typeset -f isn't + very pretty (no indenting done). + [see Mail.5:17] + [fixed in 5.1.3 - indenting added to ptree routines] + +x pdksh 5.0.9, ISC 3.2 (reported by cobra@guarany.cpd.unb.br): Running the + following script with pdksh crashes the machine: + cat > /tmp/foobar + The same command in an interactive pdksh does not cause a crash. + [see Mail.3:21,Mail.5:62] + [Fixed by Interactive - it is caused by an OS bug for which there is a patch] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, linux - (reported by Dan Quinlan): doesn't compile under new + linux due to declaration conflict between basename() in unistd.h and + pdksh'd basename. + [see Mail.5:90] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - changed basename() to arrayname()] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by William Hudacek): very long prompts cause + vi command line editor grief. + [see Mail.6:2] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - initial part of prompt is stripped if its too long] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Roberto Zacheo): when set -u, variable trimming + with always causes an error. + [see Mail.6:21] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - fixed varsub() to test if variable is null] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by David Tamkin): when a fucntion is autoloaded, + ksh complains the definition file didn't define the function, even if it did. + [see Mail.6:52] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - exec.c(comexec): when checking if defined, use cp, + +x pdksh 5.1.3, ICS unix 3.2 (reported by Robert Clark): auto configuration + test for memmove doesn't work + [see Mail.6:65] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - special cases added for memmove, bcopy, memset] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, Unixware (Intel-SVR4.2) (reported by Thanh Ma): auto + configuration test for memset doesn't work; same for rlimit type. + [see Mail.6:67] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - special cases added for memmove, bcopy, memset; rlim_t + configuration stuff re-arranged] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Mike Jetzer + fix): . in vi doesn't work + after history motion or after one command is completed and another is being + edited. + [see Mail.6:85] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - fix up classify table, special case for empty initial + insert] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - Janjaap van Velthooven: ^v (version) missing in vi mode. + [see Mail.6:98] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - added] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - : y% on or before right bracket/paren/brace doesn't yank the + brackets - just what is in the brackets... + [fixed in 5.2.0 - changes to vi.c(domove,vi_cmd)] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Rob Mayoff): [[ ]] command doesn't do lazy + evaluation. + [see Mail.7:2] + [fixed in 5.2.1 - test routines re-arranged to deal with this] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Will Renkel): "r | more" doesn't work (nothing + is sent to more). + [see Mail.7:13] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - history commands now done in c_fc, not pushed onto input + stack] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Rod Byrne, John Rochester): if a program leaves + the non-blocking (O_NONBLOCK) flag set after it exists, the shell + exits (multiple eofs). + [see Mail.7:15,16,51] + [fixed in 5.2.0: O_NONBLOCK is reset if read fails with EAGAIN,EWOULDBLOCK] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Dale DePriest + fix): emacs: can't delete chars + from pattern in incremental search mode. + [see Mail.7:17] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - handle it] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, Linux 1.2.2 (reported by Fritz Heinrichmeyer + fix): siglist.sh + doesn't work due to bug in bash 1.4.3 (trap is called incorrectly in + subshell causing temp file to be removed prematurely). + [see Mail.7:21] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - clear all traps in subshell so file isn't removed] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Dale DePriest + fix): emacs: can't prefix + commands with more than single digit; many commands don't use nnumber + prefix. + [see Mail.7:26,40] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - x_set_arg reads sequence of numbers, other commands + changed to use x_arg] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Dale DePriest): fc command line parsing + (and its interaction with history alias) doesn't act like at&t ksh: + history -40 gives bad option 4 error. + [see Mail.7:41,49] + [fixed in 5.2.1 - kludge parsing of -40 (numbers are option letters)] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Dale DePriest): if PS1 contains paramaters that + get expanded, and if those parameters contain any ! characters, the !'s get + changed to history numbers. + [see Mail.7:44] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - substitution done after ! and !! substitution] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Steve Wallis): set -a (set -o allexport) has + no effect. + [see Mail.7:47] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - changes to c_read, c_getopts, and comexec] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Alexander S. Jones): (sleep 10000&) waits for + the sleep to complete. + [see Mail.7:54] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - execute() case TASYNC clears EXEC flag in call to execute] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Will Renkel): positional parameters can't be + accessed within temporary variable assignments (eg, "FOO=$1 blah" doesn't + set FOO to $1. + [see Mail.7:57] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - var.c(newblock) - copy argc/argv from previous environment] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, SCO unix ? (reported by Sean Hogan): job control stuff doesn't + work as sco doesn't do job control operations on /dev/tty. + [see Mail.7:30,43,69,70,74] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - don't try opening /dev/tty if on SCO] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported with fix by Mike Jetzer): vi globing tacks + * at the end of files even if there are globing chars in last component + of filename (at&t ksh does not). + [see Mail.7:71] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - don't append * if there are unescaped globing chars] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported with fix by Gabor Zahemszky): typoes in acconfig.h, + sh.h uses SVR3_PGRP insteda of SYSV_PGRP. + [see Mail.7:87] + [fixed in 5.2.0] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs doesn't have ^[^]. + [see Mail.7:87] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - added search-char-backward] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by David Tamkin): pwd -P doesn't strip .. and . + properly. + [see Mail.7:98] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - include ksh_stat.h in c_ksh.c] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by Dale DePriest): unistd.h config test + doesn't include sys/types before dirent.h. + [see Mail.8:2] + [fixed in 5.2.0] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by Robert Gallant): emacs file/command completion + code can clobber memory. + [see Mail.8:11] + [fixed in 5.2.1 - wrong variable being checked in buffer growing in + emacs.c(compl_file,compl_command)] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by David Tamkin): when CDPATH set and cd'ing to a + directory that doesn't exist, the error message contains the last element + of the CDPATH. + [see Mail.8:8] + [fixed in 5.2.0 - fixed error message] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by David Tamkin): if PS1 has an error in it + (eg, parameter expansion error), the shell loops forever printing + the error. + [see Mail.8:32] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - create error handling environment while expanding PS1] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, Coherent machines (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): insert after + movement in emacs mode replaces all chars with first char on line. + System's bcopy doesn't handle overlapping src/dst. + [see Mail.8:38,43] + [fixed in 5.2.1 - check for broken memmove/bcopy in aclocal.m4] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): ^[= in vi prints empty + strings for directory matches if markdirs is set. + [see Mail.8:48] + [fixed in 5.2.1 - skip trailing /'s before looking for last /] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): <ESC>^H bound to del-back-char + not del-back-word + [see Mail.8:50-52] + [fixed in 5.2.1 - fixed x_emacs_keys] + +x pdksh 5.2.1, - (reported by David Tamkin): compile fails due to lack + of c_test.h + [see Mail.8:58] + [fixed in 5.2.2 - fixed put c_test.h in distribution] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Simon J. Gerraty): hist_source not being + initialized in complex history. + [see Mail.8:64] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - set it in second hist_init()] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): set -A does not reset + the array contents. + [see Mail.8:65] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - changed var.c(unset) to unset whole array if appropriate] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): getopts stops after an error; + at&t ksh carries on with next option. + [see Mail.8:65] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - remove GI_DONE flag from ksh_getopt()] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): getopts prints shell name + twice in error messages. + [see Mail.8:65] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - added GI_NONAME flag] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): pdksh's test doesn't know about + /dev/fd/n. + [see Mail.8:65] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - added test_stat() and test_eaccess()] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Thomas Gellekum): config test for memmove/bcopy + missing semi-colon + [see Mail.8:67] + [fixed in 5.2.3] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Donald Craig): fc string doesn't find string + if it is the most recent command. + [see Mail.8:76] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - fixed off by one error in history.c(hist_get)] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): pdksh doesn't do the + "You have running jobs" when user attempts to log out. + [see Mail.8:74] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - added set -o nohup option with supporting code] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): configure test for + broken memmove/bcopy doesn't work. + [see Mail.8:93] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - fixed test to copy overlapping buffers] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by <wendt@sv5.mch.sni.de>): doesn't compile on + solaris 5.x with COMPLEX_HISTORY defined. + [see Mail.8:98] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - undef COMPLEX_HISTORY if flock not available] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): tilde expansion not preformed + in word part of ${foo[-+=?} substitution. + [see Mail.9:7] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - allow ~foo to end in a close brace] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): "fc 30" edits from 30 to + most recent history (should be just 30). + [see Mail.9:7] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - if !-l and no last given, use first] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): [many problems with man page] + [see Mail.9:12] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - fixed problems] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): #else followed by non-comment + in sigact.c. + [see Mail.9:13] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - turn it into a comment] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported with fix by Gabor Zahemszky): two argument form of + cd doesn't work. + [see Mail.9:14] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - in c_cd(), use current_wd not path] + +x pdksh 5.2.2, - (reported with fix by Gabor Zahemszky): command -V doesn't + report reserved words. + [see Mail.9:30] + [fixed in 5.2.3 - in c_whence(), look for reserved words if vflag set] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Dale DePriest): at&t's tbl wants space + between font specification and end of table descrption (ie, fB . not + fB.). + [see Mail.9:41] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - put spaces in] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by David Tamkin & Claus L{gel Rasmussen): PS1 + isn't imported from environment anymore. + [see Mail.9:43,76] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - main: don't set PS1 if it is already set] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Gary Rafe): If PS1 contains newlines, vi + editing mode dones't redraw lines properly. + [see Mail.9:63] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - added prompt_skip stuff to vi/emacs] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported & fixed by Mike Jetzer): cd: error message if + directory didn't exist was wrong. + [see Mail.9:66] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - print correct string in error message] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported & fixed by Mike Jetzer): vi: <ESC>* shouldn't append + a * if word contains a $. + [see Mail.9:66] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - vi.c(glob_word): check for $ in word, check for null + expansion] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported & fixed by Mike Jetzer): vi: <ESC>= doesn't + list expansions in column form. + [see Mail.9:66] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - use pr_menu to print things nicely] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported Larry Bouzane): should be a way of installing + binary/man page as pdksh instead of ksh. + [see Mail.9:100] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - use the --enable-shell=pdksh option to configure] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): [many problems with man + page] + [see Mail.10:20] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - fixed problems] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): exec 1<&9 reports + error with ">&9" in it. + [see Mail.10:20] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - changed iosetup()] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): man page doesn't document + /dev/fd/N + [see Mail.10:20] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - updated manual] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Ted Coady): [[ foo/bar = foo* ]] + fails; should succeed. + [see Mail.10:32] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - fixed problem in exec.c(dbteste_getopnd)] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Ruei-wun Tu): make on NeXT/NeXTSTEP 3.3 + doesn't understand .PRECIOUS target and so does nothing. + [see Mail.10:43] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - moved .PRECIOUS after all in Makefile.in] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported & fixed by Paul Borman): shell doesn't kill + foreground process when SIGHUP received; Also, CONT sent before HUP. + [see Mail.10:44] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - j_exit now sends HUP to foreground process] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, AIX 3.2.5 (reported by Ian Portsmouth): C compiler compains + about sigtraps[] being re-declared in trap.c. + [see Mail.10:73] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - use cpp define to avoid bogus re-declaration error] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Michael Haardt): ENV should not be + included if shell is compiled as sh and posix option not set. + [see Mail.10:83] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - only include ENV if POSIX, if compiled as sh] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported & fixed by DaviD W. Sanderson): case statements + don't allow {/} in place of IN/ESAC. + [see Mail.10:77,78] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - allow {/} in case statements] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Larry Daffner): $? is incorrectly zero'd + at start of traps. + [see Mail.11:9] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - don't clear exstat in main.c(shell)] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Frank "Crash" Edwards): configure on linux XXX + doesn't detect the presence of lstat(). + [see Mail.11:36] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - change configure to include <sys/stat.h> in lstat() test] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): typeset -f dumps core + in the after using autoload functions. + [see Mail.11:74?] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - c_typeset no longer traverses the array link for functions] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): typeset -f does not report + undefined autoload functions + [see Mail.11:74?] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - c_typeset: don't ignore unset functions] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Dale DePriest): alias -t -r does not + reset aliases. + [see Mail.11:99] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - c_alias: call ksh_getopt_reset() before calling c_unalias] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported & fixed by Jason Tyler): 'echo abc^Jfc -e - a=b e' + echos b, not bbc. + [see Mail.11:100?] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - hist_replace: use s, not last] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Jason Tyler): 'fc -e -' when there is + no history causes infinite loop. + [see Mail.11:100?] + [fixed in 5.2.4 - histbackup: allow histptr to go below history] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by David Tamkin): jmp_buf is used instead of + sigjmp_buf. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5 - added ksh_jmp_buf and defined appropriately] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Stephen Coffin): /<RETURN> in vi mode does not + repeat last search. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5 - vi.c(vi_hook) - make it repeat last search] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): functions containing select + commands aren't printed correctly by typeset. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5 - tree.c(ptree) - add case for TSELECT] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported & fixed by Stefan Dalibor): COLUMNS isn't set on + shell start up (and window size is ignored) 'cause tty_fd isn't valid when + x_init() is called. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5 - call x_init() after j_init() is called] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Will Renkel): "echo -" just prints a blank + line - should print the minus. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5 - c_ksh.c(c_print): don't do argument parsing on lone -] + +x pdksh 5.1.3, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs doesn't have ^[*. + [see Mail.7:87] + [fixed in 5.2.5] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Mike Jetzer): in vi, <ESC>= doesn't append + a / after directories. + [see Mail.9:66] + [fixed in 5.2.5] + +x pdksh 5.2.0, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): can set readonly variables + via command assignments (eg, "readonly x=y; x=z /bin/echo hi" should + fail and doesn't). + [see Mail.8:50,65] + [fixed in 5.2.5 - LOCAL_COPY flag passed from comexec() down to local()] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Tom Karches): history: "r old=new", with + no commands prefix given, prints "fc: too mnay arguments" - it should + do the subst on the previous command. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Vigen Pogosyan): assignments in $(( ... )) + remember the base that was assigned in pdksh - does not in at&t ksh. + [see Mail.10:54] + [fixed in 5.2.5: uset setint() in expr.c(evalexpr)] + +x pdksh 5.2.4, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs: ^O steps down + two lines (should be 1). + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5: convert history line to command number, then convert back] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by David Gast(? gast@twinsun.com)): fc -ln -1 -1 + reports the current command, not the previous command. + [see Mail.10:49] + [fixed in 5.2.5] + +x pdksh 5.2.3, - (reported by Matthew Green): foo=`^Jecho bar` doesn't + set foo to bar (foo is empty). + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.5: syn.c: set multiline.on when source is SSTRING] + +x pdksh 5.2.5, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): continue/break: if n + is too big, shell prints internal error message. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.6: fix c_brkcont to use last loop if n is too big] + +x pdksh 5.2.5, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): set: +o in ksh93 + prints command that sets various options. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.6: changed misc.c(printoptions)] + +x pdksh 5.2.5, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): COLUMNS/LINES variables + are not exported. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.6: use typeset() in edit.c(x_init) to export COLUMNS/LINES] + +x pdksh 5.2.5, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): emacs: <ESC><ESC> puts + space after completed directories. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.6: check for single/non-directory match in emacs.c(do_complete)] + +x pdksh 5.2.5, - (reported by Gabor Zahemszky): vi: # removes comment + and executes if command already commented. + [see Mail.XXX:XXX] + [fixed in 5.2.6: added vi.c(do_comment)] |